Piccola Musica

is written for string trio and is in five short movements, independent of each other, apart from the ‘’tie-up’’ between numbers I and V. The texture is in the main contrapuntal, though less consistently sothan in Maconchy's Quartets, and the mood is more relaxed.

The five ‘’piccoli movimenti’’ are: I Allegro moderato,II Andante, III Moderato, IV Poco lento, V Allegro moderato- meno mosso-allegro moderato: in its end is itsbeginning.